Category: Casper

Casper winds down European operations and lays off 78 people
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Casper winds down European operations and lays off 78 people

  • April 22, 2020
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Mattress company Casper is shutting down its European operations and laying off 78 people as it focuses on “achieving profitability,” according to a statement by the company. The layoff impacts 21% of its corporate workforce globally. In the statement, the company said that it is winding down European operations to “concentrate on the strength of…

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Former Casper execs are building a direct-to-consumer dog food startup called Jinx
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Former Casper execs are building a direct-to-consumer dog food startup called Jinx

  • November 20, 2019
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With Jinx, three former members of the Casper team are looking to bring what CEO Terri Rockovich called “the Casper playbook” to selling dog food. The startup has raised $5.65 million from an all-star list of investors including Alexis Ohanian of Initialized Capital, Align Ventures, Brand Foundry, Wheelhouse Group, Will Smith and his family, the…

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